Chapter 1578: Don't Look in the Wrong Place

Watching the Huaxia team actually walking in the opposite direction to where his tribe was located, Wulian suddenly grew anxious; he hurriedly jumped up and began to shout from the mountaintop: "Ai-hei-hei! Ai-hei-hei!"

The distance was great, and by the time the sound reached Zhang and the others, it was already very faint, but it still made Zhang stop his footsteps: "Is that person shouting something?"

Several others hurriedly picked up their Telescope and looked toward the mountaintop, and Wulian, thinking his shouting hadn't worked, had the others stand up and shout together; the sound of "Ai-hei-hei" was constant for a time, and it sounded much clearer.

"Division Commander, you say, what are they, what are they doing? Luring us over? But isn't this too fake?"

"Occupying such a good position and discovering us in advance, and now shouting so obviously there, isn't it just to get us to go over?"

"If we go over, wouldn't we be fools?"

Abnormal events must have a demon, so Zhang also concluded that those people had a problem; as for what kind of problem? It was better to choose the answer that they were lying in ambush on the mountaintop, preparing to attack them, as the primary one—safety first.

Thus, Zhang ignored Wulian and the others and followed the original plan, setting up camp when it was time to camp and scouting when it was time to scout, but this action made Wulian anxious.

He slid down the hillside quickly, and the others followed behind him; the group shouted as they descended, their behavior quite strange, and Zhang simply acted as if he hadn't seen them.

A Soldier advised Zhang: "Haven't we already found them now? No need to worry about it, we just need to follow the path they took to find them; they definitely can't run away."

Zhang shook his head repeatedly: "No, if I can't let them see it with their own eyes, they won't believe what I say. You all know what kind of people they are, especially that Tuomao, who is always finding trouble for me; he is the one with the most issues. If it weren't for him, we would have already found Huaxia."

"Hey! Wulian! Look quickly! What is that!"

Following the direction of the finger, Wulian looked over and discovered several very strange figures running quickly toward the direction of their tribe; they looked neither like humans nor wild beasts, but they had indeed come out of the Huaxia team.

Zhang placed his hand on his forehead, then squinted his eyes and looked hard, but even with his superior eyesight, it was difficult to see clearly what kind of thing it was; he only felt that the speed was very fast.

"Oh my, they are going over. If it's like this, will they be able to find us?"

Wulian looked at the main Huaxia force again and found that their speed was very slow; after thinking slightly in his heart, he immediately made a decision: "Heshuo, you few go back first and tell Tuomao and the others. Daogeliri and I will watch here and not let them run far."

The person named Heshuo immediately nodded in agreement, then, along with the other few, scrambled down the mountain and ran toward the direction of their own tribe.

As for the Huaxia Cavalry, when they ran to the top of the first hillside, their speed slowed a little; they had to confirm whether there were people here, but on the empty wilderness, there was not a single person, and it was difficult to hide people here, so it could be confirmed that this place was safe.

Continuing downward, after reaching the gentle slope, one person even dismounted and looked carefully at the Grass, discovering that there were large amounts of sheep dung pellets on the ground, and cow dung pats could be seen everywhere; the traces of the ground having been grazed by sheep and trampled by people were quite obvious.

He also immediately confirmed that there were indeed people from the Wulengebu here, but they still had to continue searching; thus, they mounted their horses again and searched toward the front.

At this time, the people of the Wulengebu did not care at all about the so-called Huaxia, nor did they care about Wulian, and even felt it would be better if Wulian did not return.

They had already followed the sheep flock for a long time, and the land had begun to become relatively flat and open; not far away there was a small spring, or one could say it was a bit bigger than a spring, but it wasn't much bigger.

The Grass was more lush, the ground was softer, and the surrounding trees were relatively more numerous; those who were herding at least had a place to rest in the shade, but more tribespeople, just like the sheep, had scattered across this land, competing with the cattle and sheep for things that could be eaten.

And there were more things to eat here; the possibility of fish was almost non-existent, and they didn't hold out hope, because the water here did not connect with water from any other place—it was an independent water source; underneath there might be a spring eye, but in exceptionally dry years, the possibility of the water here drying up was very high.

However, there was one type of animal here that was quite numerous, and that was the toad; it looked like its back was full of bumps, and they knew it was poisonous, but the poison was all on its back, which didn't affect eating its meat. The toad's non-stop day and night croaking was the best direction marker, letting people and wild beasts know where there was water.

Some Wulengebu people had already started catching toads; there were simply too many, on the Grass and in the water, and the presence of the toads made the water look much more disgusting.

As the cattle and sheep ate, they would go find water to drink on their own; there was no need for people to specifically drive them to drink.

Herding didn't mean one had to chase after the cattle and sheep all day long; when they had eaten enough, the cattle and sheep would also stop to rest, and they, as the masters, only needed to control the lead sheep.

Cattle and sheep are ruminants, so they also needed to stop and ruminate in a place they felt was suitable and safe; this time was when the food truly entered their digestive systems, while eating on the Grass was just storing food for themselves.

Generally, herding was done in two sessions: one in the morning when the weather was cool, and then continuing to herd in the afternoon; at noon it was too hot, and the cattle and sheep didn't want to wander aimlessly on the grassland, all wanting to find a safe and cool place to ruminate.

The actions of Heshuo and the others were also seen by the Cavalry; there was no obstruction in between, and their direction was already clearly seen, so the Cavalry pursued from behind.

They had originally thought to use the speed advantage of their horses to catch those few people and bring them back for an interrogation, so they could obtain the most desired and accurate information.

Unfortunately, upon second thought, they did not share a language with the Wulengebu; even if they caught them, what could they do? They couldn't understand each other when speaking, and communication was hindered.

So they simply gave up this idea and instead slowed their speed, following behind those few people to see where they were going; as long as they followed them, they would definitely be able to find the main camp of the Wulengebu without needing to expend their own effort.

As for whether they had discovered them, the Cavalry did not care, because even if they encountered an emergency, they could rely on their speed advantage to quickly escape.